speaking of simmons scopes, if you get the ones they make for the muzzle-loaders, they will hold recoil nicely and the scope tubes are thicker....main reason scope tubes are bent are either farmer-tightening, or not correctly aligning scope rings. I've got the 4x simmons one on a 22LR, very good scope. Sand-bagging, I get sub-moa at 100meters with my Winchester 250 with all 18 shots....Hope I can find an adjustable zoom heavy duty simmons for my Brazilian Mauser 30-06. Good Luck and I hope your Mauser is still doing great for you.
hehe, wow, I sure woke the dead with this one